Associate Designer, Footwear

Location: Onsite - New York City (See Featured Benefits)

FLSA: Exempt or Non-Exempt, based on final compensation and applicable wage-and-hour requirements

Status: Full-Time

Reports To: Head of Footwear

Pay Range: $65,000 - $75,000 annually

Company Overview

Majesty Brands is a global leader in the socks, sleepwear, intimates, footwear, and accessories categories. With distribution in over 70 countries and a dynamic, seasoned staff, Majesty is a “go to” resource for retailers and brands alike. Majesty has dedicated teams strategically placed to maintain business in each area of retail. Our approach is simple. We want to service each customer’s needs.

Sometimes it’s about value and sometimes it’s about fashion; in all cases, we’re here to ensure the end user is completely satisfied with their purchase.

Position Overview

Majesty Brands is seeking a creative, commercially minded, and detail-oriented Associate Footwear Designer to join our Footwear team. This role will support the design and development of Women’s, Men’s, and Kids footwear, with a strong focus on slippers and related comfort footwear categories.

The ideal candidate has professional footwear design experience and a strong technical understanding of footwear construction, materials, components, and development. This individual should be able to interpret different brand DNAs, translate market and trend research into commercially viable product, and balance creativity with retail price, cost, construction, and volume potential.

This position will work closely with the Head of Footwear and cross-functional partners across Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing, Production, and Sales to take product from initial concept through development and commercialization.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Head of Footwear throughout the product development lifecycle, including market research, trend analysis, mood board creation, footwear design, construction development, and commercialization.
• Design innovative, trend-right, and commercially viable footwear collections that support seasonal business objectives and reflect the positioning and target customer of each brand.
• Create CADs, colorways, technical sketches, construction specifications, material callouts, pattern layouts, and presentation materials using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Develop technical footwear designs and clearly communicate construction specifications, materials, components, and pattern layouts to overseas factories and development partners.
• Research footwear, fashion, retail, color, material, and consumer trends and translate findings into relevant seasonal product concepts.
• Review prototypes and development samples, providing detailed corrections and comments related to construction, proportion, fit, color, materials, trims, hardware, and overall execution.
• Manage multiple sample rounds and partner with Production and Sales on development sample comments and revisions.
• Review and maintain specification sheets, line sheets, product development logs, design boards, CAD libraries, and design archives to ensure accuracy and organization.
• Organize, maintain, and manage development samples throughout the design office.
• Create and maintain seasonal product catalogs, line sheets, and presentation materials throughout the development cycle.
• Communicate with overseas factories and vendors regarding sample development, revisions, materials, approvals, and timelines.
• Participate in design reviews, line reviews, and seasonal product presentations.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing, Production, and Sales to maintain product integrity from concept through commercialization.
• Balance trend, brand positioning, customer requirements, retail…